Originally Posted By: Gunflint Charlie
I'm guessing Dick's gun to be a CSMC 21 on Galazan's scaled frame? I haven't handled any, but understood that the Winchester smaller bores on the 20 ga. frame were typically as heavy or heavier as the 20 ga. Win 21s.


You are correct on both.
The Winchester smaller gauges were all built on 20 gauge frames and used 20 gauge barrel blanks resulting in guns of about 7&1/2 #'s. Frame cuts were often used to try and reduce that figure but accomplished little.-Dick